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Economic Benefits of Career Guidance

Topics covered include:

• Impact of lifelong guidance;
• Creating evidence and measuring outcomes;
• Employment impact of job search programs;
• Evaluation of career educational programs;
• Career interventions within post-secondary education;
• Business case for funding, social benefits;
• Public policy implications;
• and more.

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The Economic Benefits of Career Guidance

Literature Search

Updated May 2017

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Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A., and Brown, J. (2005). A Systematic Literature Review of Research into Career-related interventions for higher education. Warwick Institute for Employment Research

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